Yes. I've been on this committee a few years now, and this is certainly a worthy award. There's always some confusion about the qualifications of this committee to choose the winner, but nonetheless we are mandated to do this. We want to be prudent with government money, but it would make sense to me to bring that up to $5,000 this year. This is research by people with disabilities, who certainly could use the assistance. So I would propose a modest increase.
On March 29th, 2010. See this statement in context.